BYU Football will be home in Provo Friday night to face fellow Big 12 newcomer Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Bearcats are 2-2 on the season, 0-1 in conference play. They beat Eastern Kentucky and Pitt, then lost to Miami (OH) in OT. Their first conference foe was Oklahoma. The Bearcats went there and got beat, 20-6.
The BYU Cougars are 3-1 on the season, 0-1 in conference play. After beating Sam Houston, Southern Utah, and Arkansas, the Cougars fell at Kansas, 38-27.
While BYU and Cincinnati will meet often in the future, Saturday is just their third meeting on the gridiron, with BYU winning the prior two (2015 and 2016).